A tremendous burden was lifted from the hearts and minds of people of all the world when V‘E Day was proclaimed. Nazis were crushed and once again peace came to the battered nations of Europe A battleground so vast it encompassed an

The Patriot of Monday, with its classic headline.

THRONES HAD TOPPLED, BUT PEACE REIGNED entire continent was dotted with unmarked graves of millions. The story which brought joy and re- lief to so many was simply told in two words as

Early settlers on Prince tad. ward Island had more to con- tend with then the stupendous tasks of carving out homasites and farm lands in the trackiess forests. great as that task must have been. They also had to deal with Icascholders of land 20,000-acre lots and pay them an annual rental which never grew less.

A writer in the Royal Gazette of August 21. 1832. describes the problem something like this

The emigrant on embarking in Europe for Prince Edward Island consoles himself for the loss of his country and relatives with the expectation of obtam-l ing a comfortable subsistencei for himself and his family. ultimately arriving at a state of independence.

On his arrival he finds no means of support, the country being destitute of all manufac turing establishments— immen- se tracts of forest present them

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1 at war s end I; “There were sounds of re-l joicing".

i In just such an unmelodram- latte way did The Patriot of No- fvember 11, 1918, tell of the re- fiease of long pentup feelings‘ .when news was received of the‘ ‘real Armistice. A few days be- fore an incorrect statement was sent racing round the world and ‘there was a terrific letdown when the report of peace was proven false. i However, the people of Char- :Iottetown warmed again to the task of celebrating and The Pa- tniot that afternoon said:

. ‘The‘ fire bell rang at 1 a.m. followed by church bells. Then the railway and factory whistles joined them. The din of the cele- bration began to increase as people learned the newa a n new sounds were heard. Stores iwere invaded by girls and boys iloolclng for horns of every de- iscription."

‘ How different the above. in its joyous and thankful celebration,

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starts to clear away the trees on a small plot and prepare for his first crops.

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settler succeeds from the soil barely enough for the demands of his family. bu; has nothing to spare to the land- lord to liquidate his claims for

selves to his view in all direc- tions. from which it would be vain for him to attempt to ex. plore. or find one spot better adapted to his circumstances. than another. 1

But there was no alternativel in the new country, for the sebi tier either had to take land and produce bread for his family. or I let them starve in a ‘

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agents of the big lcase- holders and is told land will be let to settlers at one shilling per acre l annually. He has no choice. fot the story everywhere is the same, so he finds a spot in the: woods. builds a cabin a ndl

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And to all of his difficulty is added the fact that the new set- i is absolutely desitute 0 knowledge as to how the job should be done. I

After tremendous effort thei in obtaining

rent. In spite of his greatest pos- sible efforts he sees an accumu iation of arrears growing yearl after year, threatening to invol-i ve him and his family in min. 1

But the problem is even worse 5 than it would appear to those who did not live in that day. if the man able to raise by selling some stock, an amount. equal to what he owes the land- lord ln Island tender. the oo‘v currency he can procure, and offer it to the agent. it is r .~ jected as not being “legal tend- er" or acceptable currency.

If the money is accepted at all the agent exacts a 20 percent levy on it to make It equal to British money. So. the Gaute writer reported, the settler at last loses all hope of ever arriv ing at independence and find that his hidden reams of a home in the new land are never likely to be realized.

The man is naturally worried but he is not alone, Everyone else is in the same fix and that includes the settler. the squatter and even the purchaser, to r none knows when a new claim- ant may appear and demand of the squatter a bond on his labor, of the lease holder or new obligs. tiou and a higher rent. and of the purchaser, the farm. With the improvements produced by many years of Industry: or in case he comes to term a. he must pay the second time, por-

0 bag! five times the amount ha“

(I hoovly reinforced police and service authorities could at last

from what happen In Halifax {when word of t of

lSocond World Was was resolv- ed. M rioting broke out stores were loofed~ particular- .ly liquor stores — windows

lsmashed and havoc reigned un-

get control of the mob of angry demonstrators.

100 years

congratulations on.

of service

Early settlers face hardships

recall Xmas

pleasantncss of war was noted ‘ in one of the old Patriot files. it ‘ was a front page advertisemeni : listing the items to be included in Christmas parcels for prison r era of war.

lished late in 1918. when there was strong hope of a ‘ coming peace ‘ pssurance of a particular time or

like is indicated by the list of items would contain. and I eran of the 1914-1918 war call the pleasure of receiving

ey or fowl. one~ pound Christ- ,

each of tea and sugar. T h e s e 1

paid for it when it was in a who erness state.

This was the sort of thing that was going on when a group of settlers decided to do something about it, and a meeting was held at "Rustico Ferry" of people from Cavendish. New Glasgow and Rustico. William Craswell presided and they discussed "the propriety of petitioning the Governor to cause a court ). escheat to be established th It would deal legally with such problems as faced the selfless

Other matters were discussed and there was only one dissent- ing voice out of the 200 that at-

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Unfortunately the old article does not indicate whether or not the petitioners achieved any worthwhile result.

But it should be noted now.l

Prowse.

WINNERS BY SEVERAL WHISKERS

.Proud of their strength. the moustachioed heroes of another era strike a Victory pose after winning the tug-of-war championship ' fine Charlottetown team was coached to its title by the late Col.

in 1897.

This ‘Wallie'

many years later. that the Gaz- ette writer was either overly ’ pessimistic. or he was examin- ing only the lot of the lower sec» tions of the immigrants Had all of them been as badly off as 3 he attempted to describe. the attempt to colonize this province

For Sale: One 1918 Briscoe h- passenger touring car; one I914 six-cylinder. 7-passanger Chai-

with sturdy settlers from the mu" . 3mm. 1,15%“ they were Such an advertisement ap- knowu at that time, would have 99m"! m "‘9 We" Vida." '

would immediately bring a flood of requests for Information and‘ a steady stream of would- be buyers interested in v i n t a g e cars. ‘

owever. they are probau‘y} not available today as the ad-

been abandoned and of those who are here today would never have been born. certainly they would not have betn born In this country.

CAR SALE

POW boxes

vertisemeni appeared in Tnei

NOW! or 100 YEARS AGO - - - the home is your most important possession. EACH SATURDAY READ The Home of the Week

feature

Congratulations on the 100th Anniversary of

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Patriot just 46 years ago.

A grim reminder of the uh I

The advertisement was pub- at a timc‘

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What life in a POW camp was the Red Cross parcels ' i ' a V9;- will re-

one. . Heading the order. zcncra'iy tinned goods. was one pound of roast beef, 3 half-pound of saus age or bacon. one pound of turk~

mas pudding. quarter-p o u n d ;

were the main items. but them1 were many more ranging from. cigarettes to dried eggs, chew-é ing gum to cheese.

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